The Porter/Blasdel barn is shown at the Blasdel Waterfowl Production Area in Somers on May 19. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
May 23, 2020
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Lower Valley landmark: Effort to restore Blasdel Barn comes forward
Built in 1908 by settler Frank W. Porter, the barn was such a design marvel that at the time valley residents threw a party upon its completion, according to Daily Inter Lake archives. Some still coin the structure the Porter Ranch Barn after its original roots.
May 23, 2020 6:54 p.m.
An uncertain future for the iconic Blasdel barn
There are very few structures still standing today that give nod to the Flathead Valley’s rich farming history. And throughout the decades, as society and developments have inched farther into what was once solely farmland, the protection of these iconic mainstays has become paramount to many.